You can find important announcements regarding the 2025 little league season below.
Regarding equipment: Order your child's equipment as soon as you can. There's less of a shortage of cleats, gloves, bats and helmets than previous years but items may still be hard to come by. Order TODAY! The league supplies a team bat and a small number of helmets for each team; however, to reduce the amount of shared equipment items, please consider getting your player/players their own bat and helmet for the season (but note it’s not required). At a minimum, your player/players is/are expected to have their own baseball cleats and glove.
SKILLS ASSESSMENT: SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 23rd
This is a MANDATORY skills assessment for all non tee-ball players.
Assessments are required by Little League International to ensure the division your player/players signed up for is appropriate for their skill level. Rest assured, if you registered for Kalama Little League, your player/players will be on a team. This year, the skills assessment will be held on the fields at Haydu Park.
Coaches, our Player Agent, will be contacting you soon (if not already) to confirm your role and division. We ask that you are present during the timeframe of your division evaluation to help us evaluate the players properly.
SKILLS ASSESSMENT HOURS:
BASEBALL:
SOFTBALL:
COACH PITCH:
PLAYER PITCH:
MAJORS:
WHAT TO BRING?
As mentioned above, the skills assessment will be taking place at Haydu Park. The current weather forecast calls for moderate rain. Therefore, please have your player dressed accordingly to the weather. In addition, please have your player come to the skills assessment with athletic clothing, cleats (shoes will work if you don't have cleats yet), and a baseball glove. We will have some helmets and bats available for your player to use. However, If you have your own, then you're welcome to have your player bring it. Your player/players bat must have the USA logo near handle.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
At the skills assessment, your player/players will participate in rotating stations including catching & throwing, batting, fielding balls during batting, fielding grounders, and catching fly balls. We encourage you to practice with your child beforehand to familiarize them with the basic skill sets. Please don’t be concerned if you notice that they need some work on their skills, as that's what Little League is all about! This should be a fun, non-competitive environment.
WHAT IF WE CAN'T MAKE IT?
Due to the condensed off-season, we will not be having a make-up day. If you can't make it on Sunday, then your player/players’ skills assessment will be completed the first day of practice. Please keep in mind that your player/players could be moved to a different division and team depending on their skill level, as observed at their first practice. We understand that there are pre-planned tournaments for other sports or other activities occurring this weekend and encourage you to contact the Player Agent if you are unable to attend your scheduled time. You can reach Heath Cameron at (208) 830-6841 and/or [email protected].
ROSTERS:
The league rosters will be finalized after the skills assessment. You will be contacted by the head coach shortly after the coaches meeting on March 4th. Your respective team will be able to start practice on or after March 10th. There will not be any practices or games scheduled during Spring Break, which is the first week in April. All of the league games are expected to start after Spring Break.
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES:
All Coaches Meeting: March 4th @ 6:00 pm - Expo Building @ Haydu Park
This meeting will include a season discussion by board members, gear handout, roster pick-up, and practice schedule sign-up.
The coaches that spoke to the Player Agent and/or signed up to be a coach online: You will be contacted, individually, to discuss what to expect at the skills assessment. This information will be sent to you via email.
PICTURE DAY:
UNIFORMS:
Your coach will communicate to you what the team colors will be and will provide direction regarding baseball/softball pants and socks you will need to purchase on your own. The league will supply a hat and uniform jersey/shirt.
SEASON UPDATES:
Please continue to check the website and Facebook for updates throughout the season. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Kalama Little League board. You can find board member contact information on the website.
GAMES:
For most of the league, we don't make the game schedule. The schedule is created by the SW District of Little League. So, be aware that we are at their mercy and timeline. You can expect games to begin after Spring Break.
UMPIRES:
We need volunteers! It is our hope that we have umpires for all eligible divisions this season. We DO NOT like asking parents at game time to help. However, there is a shortage of umpires from the local associations, and we are competing with other leagues in the area for the same pool of umpires. Even though Little League International frowns upon it, WE WILL PAY UMPIRES. We have funds for umpires - we just need people who are willing. If you're interested, or know someone who is, please contact the Umpire in Chief, Brad Rinard, at 360-957-1239.
We are looking forward to starting the little league season!
Kalama Little League Board
[email protected]